Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
क्रीतः पौनर्भवश्चापि पुत्रा दशविधाः स्मृताः । औरसादपि हीनाश्च तेऽपि तेषां शुभावहाः
krītaḥ paunarbhavaścāpi putrā daśavidhāḥ smṛtāḥ | aurasādapi hīnāśca te'pi teṣāṃ śubhāvahāḥ
またクリータおよびパウナルバヴァと呼ばれる子も記憶され、かくして子は十種と説かれる。オーラサより劣ると見なされても、彼らもまた各々の縁において吉祥をもたらす。
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Scene: A conciliatory teaching scene: the sage concludes the list, gesturing reassurance; a family performs a simple tarpaṇa/śrāddha offering, indicating that auspiciousness is possible despite graded categories.
FAQs
Even when ranked lower in traditional categories, relationships and duties can still be framed as meaningful and auspicious within dharma.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
It completes the list of ten son-types by adding Krīta and Paunarbhava.